No, the lack of a quality ending(s) bothers me.
Hold the line.
Does the lack of a happy ending bother you, or the lack of closure?
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#227
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:27
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Both and also the plotholes and lore contradictions.
#228
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:27
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Closure.
You know Shepard was going to die because every friend you talk to says their final goodbye to you. They might as well line up all your friends up and chant "deadman walking"
You know Shepard was going to die because every friend you talk to says their final goodbye to you. They might as well line up all your friends up and chant "deadman walking"
#229
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:32
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Mostly closure. Though diversity of endings, the filling of plot-holes and the removal of the Starchild would not go amiss either.
#230
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:33
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Lack of closure. I fully expected Shepard to die. The death of Mordin...my absolute favorite character...was the high point of the entire franchise. He went out as a bigger hero than Shepard did, in my book. That may be a problem in and of itself, but my point is that I LIKE tragic and bittersweet endings.
But stupid God Kid and Gilligan's Planet aside, it is simply unforgiveable thatI don't know the fate of GARRUS, of all people. Alive? Dead? Who the heck knows? He was last seen getting lasered to death...but so was Ashley, and she made it to Gillian's Planet, so who the heck knows?
But stupid God Kid and Gilligan's Planet aside, it is simply unforgiveable thatI don't know the fate of GARRUS, of all people. Alive? Dead? Who the heck knows? He was last seen getting lasered to death...but so was Ashley, and she made it to Gillian's Planet, so who the heck knows?
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:34
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Closure. Plenty of games and movies have had "bad" endings and I've been quite happy with them. Also the plot holes added during the final scenes are a bother, so I suppose that's part of wanting closure.
Though considering how Mass Effect plays out, a "good" ending should exist. But I don't mind either way.
Though considering how Mass Effect plays out, a "good" ending should exist. But I don't mind either way.
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#234
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:36
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BOTH! I want multiple endings like I was given in ME1 and 2. That includes a "good" ending.
#235
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:38
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Closure, honestly I'd have been satisfied if Shepard just died during the mad laser beam dash. Instead everything got real unusual and plot holes started appearing everywhere...
#236
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:38
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sad to tell you but there werre only 2 endings in ME2 and 3 in ME1LdyBelial wrote...
BOTH! I want multiple endings like I was given in ME1 and 2. That includes a "good" ending.
#237
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:39
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Both. By happy, I just wanted to come out alive with the Normandy and the squad.
#239
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:48
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Nostradamoose wrote...
sad to tell you but there werre only 2 endings in ME2 and 3 in ME1LdyBelial wrote...
BOTH! I want multiple endings like I was given in ME1 and 2. That includes a "good" ending.
So at least twice as many as ME3 then?
Besides 2 had a massive amount of variety with the fates of the squadmates, depending on how many die, including Shepard, if any at all. Vastly more variety than 3.
#241
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:49
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Still, the last cinematic was also only a palette swap.Total Biscuit wrote...
Nostradamoose wrote...
sad to tell you but there werre only 2 endings in ME2 and 3 in ME1LdyBelial wrote...
BOTH! I want multiple endings like I was given in ME1 and 2. That includes a "good" ending.
So at least twice as many as ME3 then?
Besides 2 had a massive amount of variety with the fates of the squadmates, depending on how many die, including Shepard, if any at all. Vastly more variety than 3.
#242
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:49
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Lack of closure. To much unanswered and open to speculation. The epilogue parts of DAO were great, so we know Bioware can do this, and have an awareness of why it matters.
#243
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:56
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Nostradamoose wrote...
Still, the last cinematic was also only a palette swap.Total Biscuit wrote...
Nostradamoose wrote...
sad to tell you but there werre only 2 endings in ME2 and 3 in ME1LdyBelial wrote...
BOTH! I want multiple endings like I was given in ME1 and 2. That includes a "good" ending.
So at least twice as many as ME3 then?
Besides 2 had a massive amount of variety with the fates of the squadmates, depending on how many die, including Shepard, if any at all. Vastly more variety than 3.
Are you just talking about the Collector has blowing? Because that I'll grant you was just a change of explosion but after that, we actually got significant differences, and could talk to the squad and crew after, and completely fail or get a total victory,, and everything in between.
ME3 doesn't come close to that level of variation,
#244
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:57
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Closure, definitely. At least, for the advanced races of the galaxy. Personally, part of me was hoping that Shepard and the crew would slam the Normandy into Harbinger as a final act of defiance. Blaze of glory, and all that.
#245
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 05:57
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Total Biscuit wrote...
Nostradamoose wrote...
Still, the last cinematic was also only a palette swap.Total Biscuit wrote...
Nostradamoose wrote...
sad to tell you but there werre only 2 endings in ME2 and 3 in ME1LdyBelial wrote...
BOTH! I want multiple endings like I was given in ME1 and 2. That includes a "good" ending.
So at least twice as many as ME3 then?
Besides 2 had a massive amount of variety with the fates of the squadmates, depending on how many die, including Shepard, if any at all. Vastly more variety than 3.
Are you just talking about the Collector has blowing? Because that I'll grant you was just a change of explosion but after that, we actually got significant differences, and could talk to the squad and crew after, and completely fail or get a total victory,, and everything in between.
ME3 doesn't come close to that level of variation,
True, you have a valid point.
But what I'm saying is that we shouldn't really be surprised after ME2 variations in the ending. They were not really that huge anyhow.
And seriously, who cared if your squadmate died, in the sequel, you'd only get a palette swap character that only give slight changes and forbade you from getting "top-score" in missions if squadmate died.
But yea, me wants closure
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#247
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 06:01
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Both really. Obviously the current ending does neither.
Adding an epiloge to the current ending would just make it poor rather than among the worst ever, but I think people would mostly just be dissaponted.
Similarly, Deus Ex Machinaing a happy ending, while poor writing, is at least a bit satisfying to the player; you got to the right place, even if the journey made no sense at the end. Deus Ex Machinaing a bad ending pretty feels like the writers just messing with you.
It's never been established that there can't be a happy ending, so the possiblity should exists(it would be tough, but that's what makes it satisfying). It's really to late to turn it into a tragedy, you need to build that up through the entire game(really, the entire franchise, but the game at minimum).
Both would make a good ending, one of the 2 would make it low-Ok. Closure would have a slight priority, but it's pretty close.
Adding an epiloge to the current ending would just make it poor rather than among the worst ever, but I think people would mostly just be dissaponted.
Similarly, Deus Ex Machinaing a happy ending, while poor writing, is at least a bit satisfying to the player; you got to the right place, even if the journey made no sense at the end. Deus Ex Machinaing a bad ending pretty feels like the writers just messing with you.
It's never been established that there can't be a happy ending, so the possiblity should exists(it would be tough, but that's what makes it satisfying). It's really to late to turn it into a tragedy, you need to build that up through the entire game(really, the entire franchise, but the game at minimum).
Both would make a good ending, one of the 2 would make it low-Ok. Closure would have a slight priority, but it's pretty close.
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#248
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 06:02
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YES! Where the F*** are my blue babies!?!?!
#249
Posté 26 mars 2012 - 06:03
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All the pop culture stuff I've read, watched or played over the past 2 years has been super negative or at best, bitter sweet. I don't know why that is the way it is right now, but it's a sign of the times. Being a person living right now, the bittersweet ending rings true to me tonally. (Forgive the bad pun) We know DLC is coming up and we've heard from high up BW folks that they're listening. So count me in for more closure if they decide to do it, but having it left open to discuss whether it was real or a hallucination or whatever is kind of..... fun.
